Frame mounted axlally collapsing type tire removing apparatus



May 10, 1949. w. GREENE 2 FRAME MOUNTED AXIALLY COLLAPSING TYPE TIRE REMOVING APPARATUS Filed May 9, 1945 2 Shee'hsSheet l 10 -21 fig /QQ v 14 Wal l 2294? rue Q ATTORNEY May 10, 1949.

Filed May 9, 1945 A I I W. GREENE FRAME MOUNTED AXIALLY COLLAPSING TYPE TIRE REMOVING APPARATUS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 mmm INVENTOR Wallace Greene Patented May 10, 1949 FRAME MGUNTED AXIA-BLY GGISEAPSING TYPE REMOVING APPARATUS Vlt lm fi e n N wr'l rk, Application MB/YQ} 1945, Serial No. 59%733- 3.Gla ms. (Cl. 15771.25):

1 This invention relates to a tire breaker and; ime; removing: appanatus-.;: more; pantiew'arlm. to

apparatus for: separating he time from its;

Its; n. object Of? my; invention. to. facilitate. the; s paration. of: a. tire. from. its; rim or; drum, nd: mo e. part1eularl to provide. novel. appara-fl. us whereby: the; tire... may heremoved. from its. r m. or: drum by power. driven, apparatus which; will minimize he-:manualilahor involved in. performing this arduous; task.v More spec ly; ti si n object oismy inventionxto provide power driven. apparatus; for' quickly and, facilely: break, ns. he? ide: Walls; and. headset a. tire from their en agem nt; with. he; ine; rim or drum, after.- use. o. fre -1 he; tire from intimate engagement with. hemim-ior drumiand: provide a. convenient de-v vice for mouting a tire and drum or rinrsothat. r pair andv replacement mast'be expedited.

StfiLmQr patticulaillm. itlis an\ object of my inventionto: provideapparatus for'removing tires. ZEBOIIL; their; rim.s,. nanticularlv large, heavy tires, such; as may; be found; on transport; planes. to, minimize. he manual labor; involved in perform ing; the tire; changing: or. repairing; operations. nd; minimize. the ime; required; for the. same- To attain hese obj cts.- and. such. further ob: J'eets; as may appear;- herein or: be; hereinafter poin edout, I make: reference to; the. accome nanyine. drawingrmi a part: h r of; in: which Figure; 1. is-a plan. viewsof my evice with? the: n in. pos tion;

Figure: 2 ,is a. section taken v on the,- line; 27-2; of: figure 1.

Eigure; 3.. is, afnagmentary; sectionali view: 001.. responding to; Figure; 2, with, the, apparatus in, ne: pos tion! hereof;

Eigune 4, is, a. fragmentary; sectional viewcon-- responding to Figure z withi the. apparatus ini another position thereof D Figure- 5 is. a. section; taken.- on the; line 5-5. of Figure 2;

Figures 6, 7. and 8: areperspective views of details; oi the apparatus.

Making reference: to the drawings, my inventiOD;v contemplates, in; its preferred embodiment,, the provision of apparatus; to; perform steps heretofore, largely effected. manually, in, order to repair: and. cmui e;v tires. especially used; on large;transporirairplanes; The steps in. volved after removal from the: vehicle of the tir.e;with; its.:dr.um orarim is to. attempt to break:v oxzloosenthe tire; beads: from: the drum by force ing them: with; a tire iron and rubber: hammer 5b,

2:. down, towards: the. center; of' the rim. Aften the tire. headshave. been-.hrokenloose; it is custom-u are; to attempt: to; pr nt one of: the; the rims 100591 and; using a.=.tire ir0n,.worl;z the lockingrimiloosei progressively: around: the: wheel. After" remov-i m the; loekingrrim'. and: pulling. away: theiremov' i able. side flange from-..the.- wheelzou drum; where SuQh-i construction. is encountered; the valve. stem; is. pushed flirough'i the; valve; hole: of: the wheel:

drum; and. then; anattempt:. is made; to; remove the Wheel: or. drum. from: theltirez;

With hu e tires. of? some L5? or; more: across: the: treadhthis operationiis; exceedingly uo especially as: 13.0.1311? efiont necessary; to) break; the: time beads. loose: from; the; rim or: drum. and to; pull. the rim. or: drum: from. the. tire- Myinvention: contemplates. the; simplification o fitheseionerationsand the-employment of power: driven means to accomplish the series of steps; with. facility andaispeedz while avoiding iniurv t0 the tire:

Making: reference: to the. drawing. Ii show; a. frame. It comprising an upright; H... from hich. re; 1151 05664 horizontal: braces; I2; and. 1:3,, he. ends; whereof; are..- weldedor; riveted. to; the;- up. right l.l 'Bhe upr ght; ht is; fifixed. to: the; base l4 extending.- to either. side; thereof: to; stabilize; ctur t ide; braces; L5 1 and; Is. cooperates with; the. braces: l2; and: 3? to: form: a. spider: a semblvfor: a ring; In; afflxed; to he; free ends Qfitheqbraces. lzza-nd I533 andside-braces l5 andtfia. Angangle; braqe. I18 is;disposed fromadjacent the; head to; of: the; upright. H, immediately above: thBsling k1." adjacent; the, free. end-2 of the brace; l2: The; forward end: 0t.v the spidenassembly: ion therring; lflzissupported by seats-2n; ,2 I, connected? atrthe: basegby the crossbar 2-2;.

Axially off the. widen-supporting: the ring, I1... I rovide; ahv rauli ii ok; 2;3.,. he end. hi hr; 2L4! is connected to the. bracket; 25. by; h cr ss; min 2.6:. In. one; embodimen f my. nven i n. lpr vid a pumpi cunitiihcomprisin areserveinand. hand.- pump; 28... feeding he. hydraulic; jack 23 by the conduits 2.9. and: 30; through the;- medium of: the seleptor. valve. 3'I:,, controlled. by" theseleotor handle 32;. TheconduitsZS'. and 3.0;. feed thehydraulic fluid: to; the bottom and top; of theplunger (not shown) forsexpansionand revthose: tires; 50. traction of the connecting. rod 33; in a manner welliunderstood; the details. of." which need: nothere be described.

The connecting rod or piston rod 33 has its free end provided with knuckles- 3'5; forholding the-extensionrod 3li byacross: pin- 3 1k 'I hei extension rod 36, at its free end 38, is directed through a cross bar 39 generally of a channel construction, over the base flange of which the extension 36 is headed, permitting rotation of the cross bar 39.

With this assembly, there is provided a pressure ring 49, whose diameter is generally substantially the same as the ring I! and depending upon the size of the drum upon which the tire is mounted. The ring 40 is provided with a brace 4| substantially diametrically thereof and comprising spaced ribs 42 and 43, providing a slot 44 of a, size to receive the cross bar 39 along its narrow dimensions.

The length of the cross bar 39 is of a size such as may pass through the hub opening of the rim, drum or wheel as will be more clearly apparent as this description proceeds.

With this installation thus far described, I will describe the manner of using my device.

A tire :55, with its drum 43, after removal from the axle of the vehicle, such as an airplane, is rolled in position to locate the drum 46 concentrically with the ring H. For this purpose, I may provide a platform 41, whose upper surface 48 is inclined. The purpose of the platform 41 is to raise or lower the tire 45, depending upon the condition of inflation of the tire. A softer tire or less inflated tire may require greater elevation than a tire having greater pressure. Further extension of the platform may be resorted to, to accommodate tires of difierent sizes.

The tire is rolled in position so that its fixed or permanent flange 49 is adjacent the ring H, to locate the removable rim 50 and locking ring outwardly. The size of the ring I! is chosen just to clear the flange 49 and the size of the ring 49 is similarly chosen to clear the removable flange 50.

In the position as shown in Figure 2, and with the tire therein illustrated, the drum or rim 52 is availed of to act as a stop engaging position as will appear herein. In the position shown in Figure 2, the ring I1 is provided with ears 53, orificed at 59, to receive removable cross bars 55.

In this position, the selector 32 is actuated to operate the hydraulic pump, to project the connector 33 and the extension 33 outwardly and direct the cross bar 39 through the openings of the hub of the wheel. Thereupon, the ring 40 is placed in position to span the removable flange of the drum, and the cross bar 39 is turned sidewise to pass through the slot 44 of the cross bar 4i formed by the webs 92 and 43. After passing through the slot 154, the cross bar 39 is turned substantially at right angles to the webs 42 and 43 as shown in Figure 2. In this position, the selector 32 is set to operate in the reverse direction, to retract the connecting rod 33, and the extension rod 36 carried thereby. This movement of the rod. is continued until it draws the rings El and 40 toward each other, until the rim 52 engages the cross bars 55 at the rear and the cross bar M engages the flange at its front bead iii to restrain further movement of the drum 46. Under this set of operating conditions, the rim Ma 01 the ring H and the rim 40a: of the ring 59 are directed to engage the side walls 17b and 192), respectively, of the tire adjacent the beads, to break the beads away from the flanges 49 and 59, respectively. This is more clearly shown in Figure 3.

It will be observed that the bars 55 act as removable abutments for the drum while the ring I! breaks the bead from the flange of the inner 4, side of the tire. Likewise, the cross bar 4| acts as an abutment for the drum when the ring breaks the bead from the flange on the outer side of the tire. Should the inner bead break first, the continued movement of the plunger 33 draws the drum into engagement with the rods 55 without breaking of the outside bead from its flange, whereupon, when the drum is held against further movement, the ring 40 engages the outside bead of the tire. Should the movement of the plunger serve to effect breaking of the outside bead first, the movement of the ring 40 progresses to the point where the cross bar 4| engages the clincher bead 6|, moving the drum inwardly with the tire against the ring H.

With the tire held in this position, the beads tend to rise within the depression 46a of the periphery of the drum, completely loosening the tire from the drum and minimizing the tendency of the beads to reassume the spread condition.

With this portion of the bead breaking operation accomplished, the cross bar 39 is projected outwardly by the pneumatic pump mechanism until it may be turned from its cross wise position engaging position shown in Figure 3, to the point where it may be turned and brought into parallelism with the slot 44. This permits removal of the ring so. Thereupon the locking ring 5| may be removed, and thereby to permit removal of the outside removable flange 50.

I apply some dry lubricant to the exposed bead of the drum using talcum powder, soap solution or like lubricant, to minimize the force necessary to pull the drum through the front bead in the first pulling operation, and finally through the rear bead in the final operation as hereafter described.

I then axially position a puller bar 56 over the cross bar 39 and this comprises cross member '51 and 58, defining a slot 59, and having seats 60, 69, spaced apart merely to engage the clincher bead El, and accordingly smaller than the opening in the tire concentrically of the bead of the tire. The puller bar is arranged cross-wise diametrically over the drum, centrally and in this position the cross bar 39 is directed into the slot 59 and then turned cross-wise, as shown in Figure 4. The rods are then removed, and the selector handle 32 is adjusted for retracting the drum. The retraction operation is continued to the point where the bead b only is exposed, tending to tilt the valve stem 62, carried by the inner tube 63 in the valve stem opening 64 in the drum 46. When the bead 40b projects over the clincher flange 3!, the hand may be inserted inside the carcass to slide a fishing tool carried by a chain over the valve stem 62, thereby to pull the valve stem through to the inside of the tire and through the valve stem hole 64.

The hydraulic mechanism is then again operated to pull the drum out completely from the casing.

While I have shown and described hand pumping mechanism to apply pneumatic force to the connecting rod or plunger 33, and prefer the same, other methods of applying this magnified force may be employed.

While with tires of the size 15" at the widest portion have been successfully released at the beads and withdrawn from the tire casing, using a unit which supplies 1200 to 2000 pounds pressure as derived from a hand pumping unit and reservoir and a 30,000 pound jack, electrically driven pumping means may be employed instead .5 of hand pumping, with suitable transmission gears and regulators in place of the hand pumping unit.

It will be understood that while the rings l1 and 40 are selected as to size with the particular tire casing shown, I may, with the same installation, interpose substantially smaller adapter rings to meet the contingency that smaller tires may be required to be handled by the same equipment.

For smaller tires, the platform 41 may be modified to compensate for the difference in size of the units to be handled extending the length of the inclination to concentrically position the rim or drum with respect to the particular ring l1 and tire under consideration.

It is to be understood that while I have shown the cross bar 39 larger than the hub opening, requiring that the cross pin be removed to connect the extension rod 36 to the knuckles 35, it Will be understood that where the hub opening is larger or the tire is mounted upon a rim this procedure need not be adapted. Likewise the cross bar 39 may be arranged for quick attachment and detachment to the extreme end of the rod 36 by other means to serve my purpose.

It will be observed that my invention minimizes the manual force necessary to position the tire in position as it may be simply rolled into close adjacency to the drum pulling apparatus for this operation. Additionally, by breaking both beads simultaneously from the inner and outer flanges, and the use as in the preferred form of rings a more eflicient loosening action is procured to expedite the tire repairing operation without endangering the tires to be dismounted.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus for breaking the beads of a tire from the flanges of a drum or the like upon which the tire is mounted comprising in combination, an upright frame, ring supporting means eXtending horizontally from said frame, a ring for engaging the inner head of said tire adjacent the drum flange, said ring being supported in spaced relation to said upright frame, a second and opposed ring for engaging the outer bead of said tire adjacent the drum flange, power driven means on said frame having an axially movable stem arranged to extend through said rings and the hub of said drum, a removable cross member at the free end of said stem adapted to span said second ring whereby drawing of the rings toward each other by said power driven means will cause the beads of the tire to be simultaneously engaged between said rings, and removable stop means in back of said first mentioned ring for engaging said drum and limiting its movement, to effect breaking of the beads from opposed drum flanges.

2, In an apparatus for breaking the beads of a tire from the flanges of the drum in accordance with claim 1 wherein said ring supporting means comprises a plurality of spaced arms between which the power driven means is positioned and the ends of which arms peripherally support said inner bead engaging ring, and said inner ring including ears for removably receiving cross bars chordally extending over said ring and providing the said removable stop means.

3. In an apparatus for breaking the .beads of a tire from the flanges of a drum or the like upon which the tire is mounted, comprising in combination, a frame, ring supporting means extending substantially normally from said frame, a ring for engaging the inner bead of said tire adjacent the drum flange, said ring being supported in spaced relation to said frame on said ring supporting means, a second and opposed ring for engaging the outer bead of said tire adjacent the drum flange, power driven means on said frame having an axially movable stem arranged to extend through said rings and. a hub of said drum, a removable cross member at the free end of said stem adapted to span said second ring whereby drawing of the rings toward each other by said power driven means will cause the beads of the tire to be simultaneously engaged between said rings and removable stop means in back of said first mentioned ring for engaging said drum and limiting its movement to effect breaking of the beads from opposed drum flanges.

WALLACE GREENE.

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